Porgy and Bess > Film

Date: 1959
Type: Video / Film Cast
Language: English
Location: US / CA
Group/Studio: Samuel Goldwyn
Book: N. Richard Nash (6) — Screenplay
Director: Otto Preminger (7)
Choreography: Hermes Pan (45)
Conductor: André Previn (146)
Orchestrations: Alexander Courage (46), Robert Franklyn (31), Conrad Salinger (106), Albert Woodbury (12)
Performer: Adele Addison (2) — dubs Dorothy Dandridge,
Ruth Attaway (2) — Serena,
Pearl Bailey (94) — Maria,
Diahann Carroll (34) — Clara,
Scatman Crothers (17) — Crab Man,
Dorothy Dandridge (10) — Bess,
Sammy Davis Jr. (129) — Sportin' Life,
Earl Jackson (2) — MIngo,
Inez Matthews (6) — dubs Ruth Attaway,
Robert McFerrin (3) — dubs Sidney Poitier,
Clarence Muse (7) — Peter,
Loulie Jean Norman (15) — dubs Diahann Carroll,
Brock Peters (14) — Crown,
Sidney Poitier (3) — Porgy,
Leslie Scott (4) — Jake,
Helen Thigpen (5) — Strawberry Woman
Notes: Withdrawn after a 1967 television broadcast, though an abridged bootleg version exists and was briefly sold in Germany on DVD (see Wikipedia link below).
Shortcode: [r28199]